EMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona State University has denied a published news report that ASU President Michael Crow is a candidate for the University of California presidency.
The Mercury News reported Thursday that Crow was a candidate to replace Janet Napolitano when she steps down this summer as president of the UC system.
The Bay Area newspaper attributed the information to unidentified Pacific-12 Conference sources and said one source called Crow “a leading candidate."
Radio station KTAR reports that ASU spokeswoman Katie Paquet said Crow “is not a candidate" for the California post and that he was “committed to ASU and Arizona." Crow has presided over massive growth of ASU since becoming president in 2002.
